Last night I got an estimate for a new roof. What amazed me was how much "intelligence" was now part of the architecture. Intelligent gutters, intelligent vents, an intelligent fan. Even intelligent rubber for the flat roofs. What a change from years ago where all you had to do was pick out whether you wanted Burnt Siena or Dusty Brown.

I just finished talking with one of my colleagues, Pam Isom. Pam's organization provides technical architecture services to help drive reuse, improved performance, flexibility, reduced costs and speed to market. And they have a new service. Which is intelligent.

Intelligent Enterprise Architecture (IEA) is a new architectural style and technique that addresses current and future business trends, and the technological impacts of a Smarter Planet using EA. This service can

Another decision I had to make on the roof was which shingles to get - the 30 year, 40 year, or 50 year kind. That decision should be simple enough. Unfortunately it caused me to question my mortality for hours.

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